# AI Stand-Up Comedy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [May 18, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195 "2026-05-18T23:16:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/1 "2026-05-18T23:16:41Z")
[2026 A.I. STAND-UP COMEDY (SHORT) SHOW](https://youtu.be/BNmcCAikyjc)
How do you feel about it? If it made you laugh, would that be enough? I stopped going to stand-up shows a while ago because too many drunk people yell and shout, and if you miss a part of a joke, it won’t make sense, so I just watch from home. Getting there, and the tremendous costs – I just stay home in general.
Also, will this be a “thing”? Those who can write but unable to perform for whatever reason?
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### Author:  [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/2 "2026-05-18T23:27:51Z")
If you like stand up and AI, [there’s this work of art by Connor O’Malley.](https://youtu.be/Svual-PcOxE?si=QXURpiZFhgOxDs_l)
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/3 "2026-05-18T23:30:05Z")
I was reminded of [Rupert Pupkin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085794/characters/nm0000134/), and not in a good way.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/4 "2026-05-18T23:37:44Z")
Didn’t someone release an Ai George Carlin album awhile back? “I’m glad I’m dead”
A terrible idea.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/5 "2026-05-18T23:57:40Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#):
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> How do you feel about it? If it made you laugh, would that be enough?
Well, I certainly didn’t laugh at that.
If I didn’t know it was AI, I’d think “This guy has never been up on stage (or written a joke). He lost a football pool with his college bros, and had to do 10 minutes at a comedy club.”
And he’s got a creepy persona where he stares at you without moving.
> Those who can write but unable to perform for whatever reason?
Well, then, those people can write but let others perform. That division of labor has worked for a long time…
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### Author:  [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/6 "2026-05-19T00:25:34Z")
A weary Rodney Dangerfield loosens tie.
> “Ahh, I tell ya, I took a cab downtown the other day What a ride. This driver, this guy was a real character. I look at the hack license — ‘Travis Bickle.’ I said, ‘Oh no…’
> I told him, ‘Take me to the Village.’ Next thing I know we’re flying through red lights, this guy’s talking to himself in the mirror. I said, ‘Buddy, can you slow down around 72nd Street?’ He turns around and says, ‘…You talkin’ to me?’
> I said, ‘No! I’m talking to the OTHER lunatic driving a taxi at ninety miles an hour!’ Ahh, I was glad when he dropped me off at the Port Authority. The Port Authority! That’s when you know things went wrong. I get no respect, I tell ya… no respect.”
— ChatGPT
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/7 "2026-05-19T02:04:13Z")
This was the plot of a recent episode of _Hacks_.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVziCveWQ5I)
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/8 "2026-05-19T02:21:42Z")
_The Simpsons_ tried to warn us:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnGaf0p9x1U)
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/9 "2026-05-19T08:40:36Z")
I wonder, if it were made today would Travis Bickle be the main character in _Uber Driver_?
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/10 "2026-05-19T12:48:57Z")
Google Gemini imitating Steven Wright:
> I dropped a 78 RPM record… now I have a 45 and a 33.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/11 "2026-05-19T13:17:32Z")
Okay, now _that’s_ good. But is it truly original? Surely, some human once uttered this, and their utterance was swept up by Gemini?
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/12 "2026-05-19T15:09:53Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> I dropped a 78 RPM record… now I have a 45 and a 33.
Is this like a logic puzzle? Where is the missing 1/3 rpm?
🙂
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/13 "2026-05-19T17:11:00Z")
Still, in my many years as a record buyer, it never occurred to me that 45 rpm’s + 33rpms = 78 rpms. Is that just a coincidence?
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/14 "2026-05-19T17:40:43Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Still, in my many years as a record buyer, it never occurred to me that 45 rpm’s + 33rpms = 78 rpms.
Me, neither, until this morning.
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### Author:  [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/15 "2026-05-19T18:28:56Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> 45 rpm’s + 33rpms = 78 rpms. Is that just a coincidence?
AFAIK, it is.
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/16 "2026-05-19T18:57:44Z")
AI humor … what would that be like?
"An iPad, an iPhone, and a Windows computer walked into a bar … " 🙂
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/17 "2026-05-19T19:08:30Z")
…Mac the bartender turns to the PC and says, “We don’t serve your kind here…”
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/18 "2026-05-19T19:09:54Z")
This now looks like it’s going to turn into a fight instead of a joke! LOL
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/19 "2026-05-19T19:25:55Z")
> [@Jasmine](#):
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> "An iPad, an iPhone, and a Windows computer walked into a bar … "
The bartender looked at the Windows machine and said, “You okay?”
“Yeah,” it said. “Why?”
“You’ve been standing there for ten seconds and you’ve already restarted twice.”
Courtesy of ChatGPT. It tried.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-stand-up-comedy/1030195/20 "2026-05-19T22:12:54Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> Still, in my many years as a record buyer, it never occurred to me that 45 rpm’s + 33rpms = 78 rpms. Is that just a coincidence?
Probably not. Start with a standard motor that turns at a standard speed, and put a few different gearings on it. You’ll end up with simple relationships between the speeds.
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